hypodermic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: hy=po=der=mic

CIDE DICTIONARY

hypodermic, a. [See Hypoderma.].

 Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.  [1913 Webster]

Hypodermic medication, the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe.

hypodermic, n. 

 A hypodermic needle{2}.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hypodermic, adj. & n.
--adj. Med.
1 of or relating to the area beneath the skin.
2 a (of a drug etc. or its application) injected beneath the skin. b (of a needle, syringe, etc.) used to do this.
--n. a hypodermic injection or syringe.

Derivative

hypodermically adv.

Etymology

HYPO- + Gk derma skin

THESAURUS

hypodermic

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